---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonprofit Corporations; enact \"Donor Intent Protection Act\"; provide definitions; charitable organizations from violating the terms of charitable contributions; prohibit"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for nonprofit corporations, so as to enact the \"Donor Intent Protection Act\"; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to prohibit charitable organizations from violating the terms of charitable contributions made with donor imposed restrictions, subject to exceptions; to provide for a cause of action; to provide for a limitations period; to provide for venue; to provide for remedies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 433"
citation: "Georgia SB 433 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Billy Hickman", "Blake Tillery", "Brandon Beach", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39b1b6d9-cad3-481b-be12-77e5c78be850"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "da419e925843aec0393c4a05fdd3ff32e03ab208b11ee50324523890a1ac0ccc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia SB 433 (2023_24) — Nonprofit Corporations; enact "Donor Intent Protection Act"; provide definitions; charitable organizations from violating the terms of charitable contributions; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for nonprofit corporations, so as to enact the "Donor Intent Protection Act"; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to prohibit charitable organizations from violating the terms of charitable contributions made with donor imposed restrictions, subject to exceptions; to provide for a cause of action; to provide for a limitations period; to provide for venue; to provide for remedies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced LC 49 1729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222454.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225812.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 36 5766S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224309.pdf)
4. **Floor Amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225784.pdf)
5. **Floor amend 1 AM 36 0973** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225602.pdf)
6. **LC 48 1312S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227877.pdf)
7. **SB 433/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229110.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #567 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **37–15** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #754 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #568 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **44–9** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #775 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **44–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-30** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2024-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 423 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39b1b6d9-cad3-481b-be12-77e5c78be850`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).